The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

It's time for Indigo Prime! Molch-R & KLO-E finally get around to the latest stage of their John Smith lovefest by diving into the mind-melting series about reality-bending teams who do everything from standing in the way of gentrification to fighting Jack the Ripper on a time-travelling train! Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The G...

SOTH! Time to break out the stone axes and loin cloths, as professional storyteller Jason Buck joins Molch-R & KLO-E to talk about adapting Pat Mills and Angie Kincaid's Celtic barbarian for his own brand of show, how you bring Simon Bisley's stunning art to life through words, the origin of 'warp-spasm', and how his mustache is so much more impressive than Molch-R's! See J...

Don’t miss the amazing creator signings for The Day of Dredd, the international celebration of the ultimate lawman of the future on 3 October! Also on this episode, Molch-R & KLO-E discuss the new 2000 AD collaboration with Palace Skateboards in a way that makes them sound like two real cool doods... Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The...

A mighty milestone for the galaxy's greatest comic — and what better way to celebrate than a bumper issue with a stonking line-up of new stories! Molch-R & KLO-E dive into the landmark Prog, salivate over new 'Judge Dredd' by Rob Williams, Arthur Wyatt and Henry Flint, and pore over new 'Azimuth', 'Durham Red', 'Ghosted', 'Thistlebone', and 'Hern...

A mea cupla episode as Molch-R & KLO-E repent for their cruel omissions from their episode on 2000 AD's wildest artists (watch it here: https://youtu.be/qoSeZmAmQa4), including Simon Harrison's mind-melting art and the under-appreciated genius of 'Meltdown Man' and 'Ace Trucking Co.' artist Massimo Belardinelli! Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and cr...

What do medieval history and 2000 AD have in common? Public educator, podcaster and history expert Prof. Eleanor Janega joins Molch-R & KLO-E to talk her love of 2000 AD and how it has influenced and intersected with her work as a medievalist — plus, they get to nerd out about Nemesis the Warlock and Halo Jones! Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and cr...

SHOCK! HORROR! There's a new Scream! special coming this October and on this episode Molch-R & KLO-E welcome writer Zoe Tunnell and artist Chloe Brailsford on to chat about horror comics, their careers, working for Ghastly McNasty for the first time, and how Zoe gave herself two black eyes while watching a movie... Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and...

Since they BOTH forgot to mention Simon Harrison and Massimo Belardinelli, Molch-R & KLO-E are in the dog house (not the one from Strontium Dog either!) — but they still found loads of time to wax lyrical about the wildest, weirdest and most innovative artists ever to grace the pages of 2000 AD . While they cover everything from Mick McMahon's endless evolution to John Hicklenton's unhinged an...

Simps, crazies, talking babies, and the corrupt — this week Molch-R & KLO-E introduce The Wally Squad, Mega-City One Justice Department's crack (or, rather, 'cracked') band of misfit undercover operatives! Collections mentioned in this episode: Mega-City Undercover Vol.1 Mega-City Undercover Vol.2 Mega-City Undercover Vol.3 Judge Dredd: Trifecta Judge Dredd: Titan Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manag...

After almost FIFTY years of continuous publication — what ARE the best Judge Dredd stories? Molch-R & KLO-E explain their picks and some of them may surprise you... Follow up their recommendations with the Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files series! Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review , Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Eve...

Atten-HUT! At ease, soldier — Molch-R & KLO-R head to Nu-Earth to talk to writer Alex de Campi and artist Neil Edwards about Rogue Trooper: Ghost Patrol , the new collections that's perfect for anyone who wants to gen up on 2000 AD 's classic genetically-engineered warrior ahead of the new movie by writer/director Duncan Jones! Order Rogue Trooper: Ghost Patrol now! Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Man...

We're off to the secluded rural village of Harrowvale with creators Tom Eglington and Simon Davis to talk Thistlebone — the folk horror series that's getting a complete collection this autumn! Come for the discussion about what 'folk horror' actually is, stay for the harrowing stories about nature... Order Thistlebone - The Complete Collection now! Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’...

Prog review! Prog review! Molch-R & KLO-E dive into this week's 2000 AD to talk about how the past is the future is the past, Molch-R's favourite New York museum, and how the current crop of 2000 AD stories are all coming together. Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review , Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from t...

Holy Lawgiver, Batman — it's our most SHOCKING episode yet! This week, Molch-R and KLO-E welcome Alex Jaffe , columnist for DC.com, host of the Insert Credit podcast, DC comics expert and Batman aficionado, to talk about the brand new oversized edition of the legendary crossover Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham — and at one point he leaves them SPEECHLESS. Strap in, Earthlets! Get the Batma...

From trips into nuclear wastelands to holiday camps on the sun, with the summer holidays upon us Molch-R and KLO-E discuss 2000 AD characters going on trips — relaxing or otherwise! And which world in the 2000 AD multiverse would YOU want to take a break in? Tell us in the comments... Mentioned in this episode and available in collection: Devlin Waugh: Blood Debt Strontium Dog The Ballad of Halo J...

This week's HOT topic on the official 2000 AD podcast is ... climate change! As Molch-R and KLO-E swelter through the respective UK and US weather to talk about series that take climate breakdown seriously (or otherwise), from 'Trash' and 'Dead Meat' to 'Rain Dogs' and 'Revere'. Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review , Chloe ‘KL...

We know what you like — it's a summer DOUBLE WHAMMY as Molch-R and KLO-E go DEEP on the latest issues of 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine . And it gets DARK! Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review , Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news abou...

From battling undead superfiends to dealing with the most difficult cases in Mega-City One, Molch-R & KLO-E dive into the history of Judge Cassandra Anderson and her colleagues in Justice Department's Psi Division — what does it mean when a load of cops can read minds?? Get Judge Anderson collections from the 2000 AD webshop and app Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and...

With 'Judge Rico' and 'Judge Dee' both focusing on the psychic and the weird in this week's 2000 AD , Molch-R and KLO-E jabber about the benefits and challenges of having a bunch of cops who can read minds... Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review , Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes...

This week, Molch-R & KLO-E welcome writer Michael Carroll & Tom Foster to talk about New Adventures from the Trigan Empire , the new original graphic novel continuing the story of The Rise & Fall of the Trigan Empire , the highly influential comic strip by Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence from the pages of Ranger and Look & Learn — available now! Click to get the new collection no...

It's finally here! Judge Dredd: Oubliette is the new horror epic running in 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine this summer — and Molch-R & KLO-E guide you through its dual first episodes, as Dredd finds himself far from a city that appears to not even remember his name... Want to get some back story? Read JUDGE DREDD: MESSENGERS for free here Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’...

It's a Prog review episode! And diving into 2000 AD Prog 2482 is the perfect opportunity for Molch-R and KLO-E to remind our American listeners that 2000 AD is now available WEEKLY in the USA! Just ask your local comic book store to order you a regular copy! Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review , Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit...

In 1986, John Wagner, Alan Grant, and Cam Kennedy created one of the most prescient characters the pages of 2000 AD have ever seen — Kenny Who?, the would-be artist who found that the world of Mega-City One comics isn't quite what he'd hoped. What was a satire about comics publishing in the 1980s now reads as a searing indictment of the way that A.I. poses a threat to not just comics but the whole...

Apologies, Earthlets — illnesses have conspired to mangle Molch-R & KLO-E's circuits this week, so alas this is only a short episode with two clearly malfunctioning droids! But they at least get a few words in about this week's issue of 2000 AD ... Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review , Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every...

Could there ever be an 'Absolute Judge Dredd' series? Molch-R and KLO-E are back with another 'What if?': the Absolute series takes DC's iconic heroes — Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman — and changes one aspect of each of their origins to produce darker stories, but could you apply that premise to Judge Dredd? And what would that even look like? Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molc...